FireWire thriving despite ‘inhibitors’

The market for products with IEEE 1394 (FireWire to Mac users) continues to be characterized by both “tremendous opportunity and enormous ambiguity,” according to the In-Stat/MDR research group. The high-tech market research firm reports that the high-speed serial bus specification is thriving in both PC and Consumer Electronics (CE) markets and, as a result, shipments of 1394-enabled devices are expected to see a 22.3 percent compound annual growth rate between 2003 and 2008.

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